With the pistons and valves out, rods removed and the motion tied up, on Wednesday 3rd December the Q6 was shunted to the NYMR wheel drop and the driving wheels removed.

NELPG expresses enormous thanks to Clive Goult and Paul Middleton from the NYMR MPD. Without their efforts and dedication to the cause, we would not have succeeded on Wednesday night, and lost valuable time with the winter maintenance programme.

On Saturday 6th December another working party cleaned up the axle boxes and journals for inspection and measurement.